Radar Brothers are hitting the road once again in support of their recent release Eight. Beginning in Los Angeles on June 12 at the Satellite, the Bros will head north and then east with Ola Podrida supporting on most of the dates.
Radar Brothers released Eight in January to much acclaim including the L.A. Times who declared that the band “have never sounded this inspired” and Magnet Magazine named the album their “most intriguing, compelling work yet.”
Eight combines surreal imagery and psychedelia. It’s both a personal statement and an escape into textured, multi-faceted songs. Now a six-piece, Radar Brothers spent the past few years collaborating, meshing their writing styles and recording an album that seamlessly welds together various worlds—not altogether unlikely influences, just … unexpected. This release marks the first time we are releasing an album on LP and digital only.
Watch the video for “House of Mirrors” now at YouTube. Strictly limited to 1000 LPs worldwide, the vinyl albums include a CD. Eight is available now on LP and digital download in the Merge store.
Radar Brothers on tour:
* = w/ Ola Podrida
June 1 Pasadena, CA Make Music Pasadena
June 12 Los Angeles, CA The Satellite*
June 13 San Francisco, CA Cafe du Nord*
June 14 Davis, CA Sophia’s Thai Kitchen*
June 16 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge*
June 17 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern*
June 18 Boise, ID Neurolux*
June 20 Englewood, CO Moe’s Denver*
June 23 Austin, TX The Mohawk*
June 25 Phoenix, AZ The Crescent Ballroom
June 26 Tucson, AZ Club Congress
February 25, 2013 – 1:24 pm
Radar Brothers have released the video for “House of Mirrors” from their new album Eight.
LA Weekly premiered the video saying, “Not unlike the tumbleweed in The Big Lebowski, an acoustic guitar goes on self-guided tour of Los Angeles in the new video for the Radar Bros. song ‘House of Mirrors.’ The ocean, the Hollywood walk of fame, the barber shop; there’s a lot to see. It’s a great song, too, if you like driving, swirling, ear-pleasing pop rock of the independently-conceived variety.”
Watch the “House of Mirrors” video now at Merge’s YouTube page
Eight combines surreal imagery and psychedelia. It’s both a personal statement and an escape into textured, multi-faceted songs. Now a six-piece, Radar Brothers spent the past few years collaborating, meshing their writing styles and recording an album that seamlessly welds together various worlds—not altogether unlikely influences, just … unexpected. This release marks the first time we are releasing an album on LP and digital only.
Strictly limited to 1000 LPs worldwide, the vinyl albums include a CD. Eight is available now on LP and digital download in the Merge store.
Radar Brothers on tour:
Feb 28 Los Angeles, CA The Satellite w/ Califone
Mar 1 San Francisco, CA Noise Pop – Cafe du Nord w/ Califone
Mar 2 Reno, NV Chapel Tavern
January 22, 2013 – 1:10 pm
Radar Brothers new album Eight will be in-stores on January 26, but hear it now in its entirety at Popmatters.
Hear Eight and read an interview with Jim & Be from Radar Brothers at Popmatters.com
Eight combines surreal imagery and psychedelia. It’s both a personal statement and an escape into textured, multi-faceted songs. Now a six-piece, Radar Brothers spent the past few years collaborating, meshing their writing styles and recording an album that seamlessly welds together various worlds—not altogether unlikely influences, just … unexpected. This release marks the first time we are releasing an album on LP and digital only.
Strictly limited to 1000 LPs worldwide, the vinyl albums include a CD and will include a free Merge slip mat. Pre-order Eight now in the Merge store.
Radar Brothers on tour:
Jan 31 San Francisco, CA Hemlock Tavern
Feb 1 Merced, CA Merced Arts Center
Feb 2 Los Angeles, CA The Echo
January 2, 2013 – 3:28 pm
December 6, 2012 – 1:28 pm
Radar Brothers have premiered “If We Were Banished,” the first single from their forthcoming album Eight, on Pitchfork.
Along with the stream of “If We Were Banished,” Pitchfork’s Ian Cohen writes, “The first single from their eighth album (titled Eight, natch) shows that the slowcore aesthetic they’ve developed over the past decade and change can transcend the arctic origins of the genre (Codeine, Low) and embody the incapacitating effects of July heat.”
Listen to Radar Brothers’ “If We Were Banished” now at SoundCloud
Eight may be Radar Brothers’ darkest, hardest rocking, most psychedelic, and yet most intensely personal album to date. From Putnam’s tribute to Joni Mitchell’s cover art (The Hissing of Summer Lawns) to the surreal, picturesque lyrics to the unidentifiable textures and sounds that pour from your speakers like liquid paintings—this may also be the band’s most visual album to date.
Pre-order Eight on LP now in the Merge store. LP will include CD in package. All pre-orders will be shipped to arrive on or before January 29 and receive a free Merge slipmat. Don’t forget to use the Merge Holiday Code, too!
Radar Brothers on tour:
Jan 31 San Francisco, CA Hemlock Tavern
Feb 1 Merced, CA Merced Arts Center
Feb 2 Los Angeles, CA the Echo
November 8, 2012 – 12:39 pm
Radar Brothers return with Eight, a very special new release only available on LP and digital beginning January 29. Featuring an expanded band of brothers including Stevie Treichel and Be Hussey from The Illustrated Garden as well as new members Dan Iead (formerly of The Broken West) on guitar/pedal steel, Brian Cleary on keyboards and Ethan Walter on piano and synthesizers. Between the two keyboards and Iead and Putnam’s guitars, the band orchestrates a swirling fervor that glides over Treichel and Hussey’s rhythmic aggressions.
The band called the record Eight (being their eighth), and it may well be Radar Brothers’ darkest, hardest rocking, most psychedelic, and yet most intensely personal album to date. From Putnam’s tribute to Joni Mitchell’s cover art (The Hissing of Summer Lawns) to the surreal, picturesque lyrics to the unidentifiable textures and sounds that pour from your speakers like liquid paintings—this may also be the band’s most visual album to date.
So forget everything that you know or have ever thought about Radar Brothers. From the very start, Eight explodes with newness and bold, otherworldly jaunts. While paying tribute to their past on several songs, the band retains its swagger in this new territory throughout the rest.
Pre-order Eight on LP now in the Merge store. LP will include CD in package. All pre-orders will be shipped to arrive on or before January 29 and receive a free Merge slipmat.
September 28, 2010 – 11:43 am
Teenage Fanclub will appear live on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon tonight! They will perform “Baby Lee” from their latest album, Shadows.
Teenage Fanclub are now on tour with Radar Brothers and will play tonight at the Bowery Ballroom in New York with The Clean, too! Shadows is available on CD and digital download in the Merge store where you can also find a special Radar Brothers / Teenage Fanclub bundle in honor of their tour.
Teenage Fanclub on tour:
9/28 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom* w/ Radar Brothers AND The Clean
9/30 Brooklyn, NY Williamsburg Waterfront w/ Belle & Sebastian
10/01 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero*
10/02 Washington, DC 9:30 Club* w/ Radar Brothers & The Vaselines
10/03 Millvale, PA Mr. Small’s Theater*
10/05 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall*
10/06 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall*
10/07 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue*
10/11 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theater*
10/12 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore*
10/14 Seattle, WA Showbox at the Market w/ Superchunk & Telekinesis
10/15 Portland, OR Showbox at the Market w/ Superchunk & Telekinesis
10/16 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret
September 24, 2010 – 12:06 pm
Teenage Fanclub play in Montreal tonight at Cabaret du Musee Juste Pour Rire, and it’s their first show with Radar Brothers! Sign up to see Teenage Fanclub from the band bleachers on Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday, too!
And don’t miss them on tour!
* = w/ Radar Brothers
9/22 Toronto, ON Horseshoe Tavern
9/23 Toronto, ON Horseshoe Tavern
9/24 Montreal, QC Le National*
9/25 Boston, MA Royale*
9/27 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom*
9/28 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom* w/ Radar Brothers AND The Clean
9/30 Brooklyn, NY Williamsburg Waterfront w/ Belle & Sebastian
10/01 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero*
10/02 Washington, DC 9:30 Club* w/ Radar Brothers & The Vaselines
10/03 Millvale, PA Mr. Small’s Theater*
10/05 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall*
10/06 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall*
10/07 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue*
10/11 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theater*
10/12 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore*
10/14 Seattle, WA Showbox at the Market w/ Superchunk & Telekinesis
10/15 Portland, OR Showbox at the Market w/ Superchunk & Telekinesis
10/16 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret
September 22, 2010 – 12:16 pm
photo from BBC.co.uk
On September 28th, 2010 Teenage Fanclub will be performing on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Here is where you come in…
How would you like a chance to be close to Teenage Fanclub’s performance on the show?
Click here and you will be directed to the “Band Bench” Sweepstakes entry form. Enter for a chance to win seats on our band benches and an opportunity to surround the stage during Teenage Fanclub’s performance.
Please make sure you include the following band code: TEE, in your entry form.
Teenage Fanclub kick off their North American tour tonight in Toronto at the Horsehoe Tavern! Don’t miss your chance to see them! Shadows is available on CD and digital download in the Merge store, and you can still purchase the Radar Brothers / Teenage Fanclub bundle, too!
Click here to see how exciting and fun it is to be in the bleachers!
Teenage Fanclub on tour:
* = w/ Radar Brothers
9/22 Toronto, ON Horseshoe Tavern
9/23 Toronto, ON Horseshoe Tavern
9/24 Montreal, QC Le National*
9/25 Boston, MA Royale*
9/27 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom*
9/28 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom* w/ Radar Brothers AND The Clean
9/30 Brooklyn, NY Williamsburg Waterfront w/ Belle & Sebastian
10/01 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero*
10/02 Washington, DC 9:30 Club* w/ Radar Brothers & The Vaselines
10/03 Millvale, PA Mr. Small’s Theater*
10/05 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall*
10/06 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall*
10/07 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue*
10/11 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theater*
10/12 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore*
10/14 Seattle, WA Showbox at the Market w/ Superchunk & Telekinesis
10/15 Portland, OR Showbox at the Market w/ Superchunk & Telekinesis
10/16 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret
August 24, 2010 – 3:46 pm
To celebrate the upcoming joint tour dates featuring Teenage Fanclub and Radar Brothers, we are having a sale! For a limited-time, get a bundle of Teenage Fanclub’s Shadows and Radar Brothers’ The Illustrated Garden on CD for only $21.98 with free domestic shipping!
While most bands are lucky to have one great songwriter, Teenage Fanclub are blessed with three, hence Shadows is overflowing with the kind of gorgeous, harmony-driven classics you’d expect to find on a greatest hits album.
The Illustrated Garden is the punchiest, most lyrically direct set of songs Radar Brothers’ has released to date. The songs are unmistakably Radar Brothers, but the Treichel/Hussey rhythm section often pushes them in unexpected directions.
Teenage Fanclub & Radar Brothers on tour:
9/24 Montreal, QC Le National
9/25 Boston, MA Royale
9/27 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
9/28 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
10/01 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero
10/02 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
10/03 Millvale, PA Mr. Small’s Theater
10/05 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
10/06 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
10/07 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
10/11 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theater
10/12 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
August 23, 2010 – 3:03 pm
Teenage Fanclub’s long-awaited North American tour in support of Shadows will begin September 22 in Toronto! Radar Brothers will join Teenage Fanclub on several dates in support of their latest release The Illustrated Garden.
Tickets are going fast for Teenage Fanclub’s previously announced September 27 Bowery Ballroom show, so they have added a second show at the Bowery Ballroom on September 28 (tickets on sale 8/25 at noon)! Radar Brothers will join Teenage Fanclub on both NYC dates and more that are listed below.
Don’t miss your chance to see this very special tour!
Teenage Fanclub North American tour:
* = w/ Radar Brothers
9/22 Toronto, ON Horseshoe Tavern
9/23 Toronto, ON Horseshoe Tavern
9/24 Montreal, QC Le National*
9/25 Boston, MA Royale*
9/27 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom*
9/28 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom*
9/28 New York, NY Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
9/30 Brooklyn, NY Williamsburg Waterfront w/ Belle and Sebastian
10/01 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero*
10/02 Washington, DC 9:30 Club*
10/03 Millvale, PA Mr. Small’s Theater*
10/05 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall*
10/06 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall*
10/07 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue*
10/11 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theater*
10/12 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore*
10/14 Seattle, WA Showbox w/ Superchunk & Telekinesis
10/15 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom w/ Superchunk & Telekinesis
10/16 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret
Jim Putnam & the not-so-new Radar Brothers recorded a session for Daytrotter while in Austin last March. It’s finally been unveiled, for your pleasure, in advance of their shows with Modest Mouse. The Illustrated Garden is for sale in the Merge Store now.
Check Radar Brothers on tour:
07-07 Tempe, AZ Yucca Tap Room
07-09 Santa Fe, NM Paolo Soleri Amphitheatre
07-10 Broomfield, CO First Bank Center
07-12 Sioux Falls, SD Ramkota Exhibit Hall
07-13 Fargo, ND Hub at the Venue
07-14 Minneapolis, MN Orpheum Theatre
